Utterance Length and Lexical Diversity in American- and British-English Speaking Children: What is the Evidence for a Clinical Marker of SLI?

Language Disorders from a Developmental Perspective: Essays in Honor of Robin S. Chapman

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 103-140

  Klee, Thomas ^a   Gavin, William J ^b   Stokes, Stephanie F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 85145152595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315092041-4     Document Type: Chapter

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